Star Wars RP - A Family Adrift in the Galaxy - Interest/Signup Thread

Can't wait for this RP to get running. It's going to be fun!

3CHO: Approved, though probably change from assassin droid to normal combat droid.

Old bucked of bolts is a good farm hand and handy keeping critters away.

Bendis: Seems like a ton of experience for a 19 year old, but not to an extreme degree. Approved, though perhaps should add another weakness.

Good old Boomerang Bendis, no matter how far he goes, he always comes back.

Elize: Approved.

Sweet Elize has a hand with livestock and plants, from the moment they are born to the moment they hit the pan. Her mystery stew could bring back the dead and have them line up for seconds.

Bennet: Lacking an age, aside from that Approved.

Bennet is the most decent and just fellow you can possibly meet... and that makes him the scariest at times.

Ariadne: Approved.

Baby of the family, we may have protected her too much... Though peeking at her stratagems, perhaps we've been protecting the planet from her instead

Lelryth: Approved. Can be an elfish humanoid, no problem! Really, no need to put yourself down it's a good character and I'm sure it will all go well in the RP!

Curious Lelrith came to us as if from the sky. While we saved him that day, he hardly seems to notice that he has paid his due to us twice over already

Alright then! Seems like we have a good core group already. I'll be waiting just a bit more for someone that expressed some interest in the RP before, but while we do that, feel free to discuss family relations. I also need to give you the sheet for my big sister character so you can think of relations that way.

Thank you so much! This sounds like it will be excellent! I shall do my best not to mess it up for the rest of you!

I Know its late, and I understand if I'm refused, but I'm expressing interest

It shouldn't be too late.

And everyone expect 3CH0 to be a bit of a Servile Snarker HK 47 style.

"SARCASTIC: OF COURSE MEATBAGS I'D LOVE TO SPEND ALL DAY TENDING TO THE FIELDS."

He'll get better and friendlier over time.

I edited Bendis's weaknesses to make that wide breadth of jobs also one of his flaws.

Not too late yet. Do show us what you're thinking off!

While we waited for dalts to post their character...

Any preference on a relationship tone with the devious, spoilt little sister? Just positive or negative, even.

• Name: Aldris Pontica
• Gender: Female
• Age: 26
• Species: Zelosian
• Appearance:
  • A 6'5'' tall woman with a skin-tone between olive and a muted green. Her dark brown, almost black, hair is messily tied back in a loose bun with loose strands flying around everywhere. Her eyes are a bright resplendent green, but too vibrant a color to be wholly human. She wears a loose dress-like tunic, a hand-me-down, kept close to her body by the single black band of a belt (which also has some tools on it, in addition to a blaster). The tunic is a pastel-colored affair, though it appears to have been more vibrant at some point. Beneath it is a pair of plain brown pants with darker brown working boots at the bottom. Her face is rather aquiline and she has a few freckles on the bridge of her nose.
• Personality:
  • Aldris is a generally cheerful person who loves having a sense of "family" around her, even if they're not related to her biologically. As such, she tries her best to preserve relationships. Also, she likes to preserve the image and reputation she's set up for herself. She's a bit touchy whenever someone tries to talk to her about her birth family, and instead changes the subject. Whenever she's depressed, she has a tendency to bake high-sugar content desserts in an attempt to get drunk. She also likes calling everybody "bro" or "sis".
• Relationships:
• Skills:
  • Aldris is an adept horticulturist, which has helped provide quite a bit of money for the Karn Farm. Her nature as a sentient plant does provide some insight into proper growing habits and such. She's one of the reasons why the farm still works despite the arid climate.
  • She is "capable" in using a blaster, though she mostly just uses it to kill off small pests that might want to eat farm crops.
  • As a farm hand, Aldris can also perform maintenance and some minor repairs on equipment. She's rather handy around a wrench. In addition, she's fairly intelligent and can quickly learn to work with new machines if they are marginally explained to her.
• Weaknesses:
  • Zelosians are absolutely blind when night falls. For that reason, she is cannot see without a Sun lamp somewhere near her. As to not provide a hassle, she generally goes to sleep earlier than most.
  • Another aspect of Zelosian biology is that sugar affects them the same way alcohol affects humans: intoxication. Usually, she'll ingest small quantities in her food, but it's generally never enough to actually make her drunk.
  • She cannot read or write basic. She is severely embarrassed about this fact, and tries to hide it as much as possible (which is why she hasn't learned yet).
  • Mentioning the possession of information about her family is an easy way to get her to do something. She is desperate for information.
• Possessions:
  • Rusty blaster: An old piece of technology long outdated, but still functional. She uses it to kill pests who might want to steal from the farm.
  • Tool belt: A simple cloth belt covered in tools. It's got anything she might need on the farm.
• Noteworthy Events:
  • Lived a relatively peaceful life up until she was 18. Just with her mother and father. They were really poor, basically peasants.
  • She and her family were captured by slavers.
  • Transported around the galaxy for about a year before they approached Sharath. The slavers hadn't paid for protection from the "governors", and as such were taken down and their assets liquidated. Aldris managed to escape on her own, but her parents were sold. She still wants to try and find them.
  • Managed to find the Karn farm, started working for them.

edited 3rd May '15 10:03:34 AM by amporiusrex

Aldris: Approved!

Good Miss Pontica, a true wizard among the plants. Can turn sand and prayers into true crops

• Name: Tann Hoize
• Gender: Male
• Age: 21
• Species: Human
• Appearance: Somewhat tall and lanky at 6'1", the olive-skinned Tann is rather unkempt, his brown hair and unshaven face granting him a roguish air. His brown eyes are alight with mirth.
• Personality: Tann is an opportunist. Wherever a chance to strike it rich arises, he'll be there. Path of least resistance and all that. He is a loose and easygoing guy, hard to express upon him the seriousness of things. Despite that, he's a good guy overall, uneasy with bloodshed and the ilk in his pursuit of wealth and glory.
• Relationships:
• Skills: Tann is armed with wits, charm and agility, precious commodities to the seedy underbelly of Sharath.
• Weaknesses: Tends to be overconfident because he's A MAN OF THE STREETS. Can be swayed by the easier road, especially when it comes to money - short-sighted, basically. Also kind of lazy, more likely to work hard in order to hardly work. He knows a bit of the criminal element of Sharath, although this can easily bite him because they know him. Because of this, he owes favors to some bad people.
• Possessions: Although crime doesn't really pay that well, it certainly pays better than farming. Tann has saved up some credits, about 2k, for the 'SS Hoize' fund. Also has a lightly armored coat and a used, cheap blaster pistol.
• Noteworthy Events: Jarrod Hoize was a merchant working near the starport. At some point, he struck up a deep friendship with Jorah the farmer. However, the elder Hoize found himself in with the wrong people, people that had him killed for failing to meet payments, his assets liquidated. Tann, 6 at the time, was adopted into the Karn family. However, Tann never managed to take to life on the farm, away from the city. Though he may try, hard farm work never was for him. Instead, he much preferred going into the city with an elder Karn. He was actually adept at helping his adopted family haggle and deal with traders, having an eye (and ear) for such things. Regardless, still felt like the black sheep of the family. When Tann grew 18, 12 years later, he left the Karn household, clearly unable to adjust to the family. He ended up a low-level crook, pickpocketing, ferrying packages, the like. He held very little communication with the Karns, save for the occasional letter or gift from an offworld traveler, until he heard of their demise. He owed them that, at least.

edited 5th May '15 10:38:47 AM by HazzyHaz

Assuming that you're still letting in at least one more, I'll give it a real shot this time.

• Name: Nydin Ordo-Karn
• Gender: Male
• Age: 19
• Species: Ithorian
• Appearance: Nydin stands at a healthy 7'1" (relatively normal for his kind), with tawny brown leather-like skin and a fit build. His arms are long and lanky with firm musculature, as are his legs. There are many features to his slug-like face that most non-Ithorians would never pick-up on, though most can agree he looks rather serene most of the time. He tends to wear self-made clothing that fits his unique shape, but most end up looking ragged with use.
• Personality: Generally quiet, not of shyness but of self-composure. He generally is very level-headed, easy-going and calm in most situations. Though he never held the same vow of pacifism that most of his race holds due to his unique background, he tends to shy away from confrontations. He has vowed, despite being formally adopted into the Karn family, to ensure that he repays his parents for any perceived debts and as such acts as if he were a mere farmhand. Though a bit odd with his sense of duty, he is a hard worker with little-to-no compare.
• Skills: Nydin took to tailoring at a young age, and aids the homestead by handily repairing any clothing that gets damaged in this oft-rough life. His original creations, though sturdy, often leave something to be desired aesthetically. He does not have the same green thumb that his race usually has, but it seems to have imprinted off on him a little bit with his ability to guess the optimal timing for harvests. His natural strength allows him to do a good amount of heavy-lifting around the estate.
• Weaknesses: After being raised for most of his life on Sharath, he still doesn't "get" Human culture as much as he should. Though Nydin certainly is calm and collected, there are times when he remains stoic simply because he doesn't want to embarrass himself in front of his family with a cultural foible. Despite trying his best to train himself, he is an absolutely awful shot with seemingly any gun: not only because of his unique hands, but apparently just a natural dis-aptitude. He claims to be an amateur boxer, but he is very rusty and over-confident in whatever martial abilities he may have.
• Possessions: He has an old sewing machine and some assorted materials for use with it. Aside from that, he lives an almost ascetic lifestyle.
• Notable Events:
  • At a very young age and baffling just about anyone, this lone Ithorian ended up abandoned on Sharath with not a single sign of his biological parents anywhere...or any other Ithorians for that matter. He would be quickly taken in by the Karns, but to this day the family still banters about where he's actually from.
  • At age 12, he had his first exposure to his "native" culture when an Ithorian trader stopped in town for a few days. Eager to learn anything he could that holonews couldn't teach, he would try to emulate whatever the trader told him, while still keeping his simpler background.
  • Nydin began his vow of "restitution", as he called it, at age 16.

edited 6th May '15 12:57:05 AM by wikkit

Hmmmg... damn I like both new characters as they could give interesting interactions into the family... but I think the cast is getting a bit too big as it is.

If there's room for at least the guy before me, then I'll withdraw my application.

I will withdraw mine if you wish.

man, what? I made my profile after you. If you have to withdraw then I should drop before you

I was only offering to do so if it is what others felt is the best option! I assure you I didn't mean any insult towards you nor did I mean to imply you should drop out or anything like that I assure you!! I am terribly sorry if I have insulted you at all!

No, I was saying that if there's character bloat, I'll drop myself out before you because it's not fair for you to have to feel pressured to it or anything. Calm down man.

Laithelryn, pls calm yourself. I promise you haven't insulted anyone here.

Even if you do inadvertently insult someone, a simple apology will work just fine. We're not going to bite your head off over some tiny thing like who has to drop from an RP.

I am sorry, I did not mean to overreact. All I mean to say is that I fully understand if you would like me to withdraw from the game if there are too many players.

There's no reason to, you're well ahead of the people daltar hasn't approved.

Uh, okay everyone if you may... Live check on those with approved characters? I know it has been a long time so interest may have waned a little.

Alright, let me be sincere, I'm losing a bit of confidence in myself with this RP. I know how it would start and the like but if I'm honest my initial energy for it is starting to wane a bit after it was flared high by the trailer for the new movie and starting up classes. There is also a lot of great interest here and characters and thus I'm losing a bit of confidence in being able to run and handle all events and characters at the same time.

I still love the idea, but I may not be able to give it 100% my best as I am... and I think you guys are deserving of more. Thus I have been thinking of how to do this... and I'm thinking of asking you all for help. Is anyone interested in stepping up from more than just a player and run this thing with me? I got the plot ideas and would share responsibilities, but I need someone capable of making NPC reactions, start and maintain their own plots and the like.

Otherwise... what do you guys think? What do you all want to do?

I'm still in all the way.

I would still like to partake but I also understand if you would prefer I did not play if there are too many characters or if you don't want players who are new to this.

I would gladly offer you help in any way I can but I imagine there is nothing I could be trusted to do as I am new to this. I could attempt to create NPCs or locations for you to use. I have a little experience running tabletop games so I have made such things before, albeit only for fantasy settings.

edited 9th May '15 5:06:39 PM by Laithelryn

I'm still here, by i can drop if it makes the character bloat easier to deal with